Overview

• Glenn Kessler, who oversaw the Fact Checker unit since 2011, will leave The Washington Post on July 31 after more than 27 years with the paper.
• He secured a buyout that includes 18 months of salary plus 12 months of retirement credit under a voluntary separation program targeted at veteran staff.
• Kessler attempted to arrange a short-term contract to train a successor but no agreement was reached, leaving the fact-checking post without a designated replacement.
• His departure follows a wave of high-profile exits driven by owner Jeff Bezos’s push to reshape the paper’s editorial direction.
• The voluntary separation program ends this week as leadership moves forward with a broader newsroom restructuring.